TEACHING NOTES - Paper Planes

Eleven year old Niko is woken one morning when his brother receives a phone call. Heading out onto his apartment's balcony, Niko can see nothing moving except a paper plane floating in the distance. But the peace is an illusion. War is coming to Sarajevo, and the lives of Niko, his family and his friends, will never be the same.

​Paper Planes tells the story of living through the siege of Sarajevo, as seen through the eyes of a confused and frightened child.

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